Welcome to Jim's Pond Blog. Like many people I am a keen "ponder". I have a 400 gallon garden pond with carp, ghost-koi and shubunkins. I started my Leisure website to share ideas on my own DIY design for a homemade Skippy style bio filter, with pre-filter and venturis. My website has many photos detailing the construction of an unobtrusive bio-filter suitable for small ponds, and what I have learnt along the way.Please feel free to post your own comments!

Saturday, June 07, 2008

How to Build a Stream using Liner and Clay (Bentonite)

I recently created a new page on my web site detailing the method used by a visitor to my pond web site on How to build a stream using pond liner and Bentonite clay.

This is a fascinating method because it is far more natural than say fibre-glass mouldings, permanent rock+liner, or concrete based stream beds, and it allows reshaping of the stream bed over time to block up leaks or obtain better levelling to create natural pools in the stream bed.

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About Me

I work with computers by day, but enjoy keeping my pond and fish healthy with a DIY bio-filter and venturi in my leisure time, details of which you can find on my web site. I love music of all kinds, and with a friend also composed a music CD based on Tolkiens Lord of the Rings. Other than that I enjoy the Internet, astronomy, technology in general, and dabble with Internet Marketing.